[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51826-51827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26327]


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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED


Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to and deletions from Procurement List.

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SUMMARY: The Committee has received proposals to add to the Procurement 
List commodities and services to be furnished by nonprofit agencies 
employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and 
to delete commodities previously furnished by such agencies.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: November 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
Disabled, Crystal Square 3, Suite 403, 1735 Jefferson Davis Highway, 
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3461.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Milkman (703) 603-7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published pursuant to 41 
U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested 
persons an opportunity to submit comments on the possible impact of the 
proposed actions.

Additions

    If the Committee approves the proposed addition, all entities of 
the Federal Government (except as otherwise indicated) will be required 
to procure the commodities and services listed below from nonprofit 
agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe 
disabilities. I certify that the following action will not have a 
significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major 
factors considered for this certification were:
    1. The action will not result in any additional reporting, 
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities other 
than the small organizations that will furnish the commodities and 
services to the Government.
    2. The action does not appear to have a severe economic impact on 
current contractors for the commodities and services.

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    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodities and services to the Government.
    4. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would 
accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-
48c) in connection with the commodities and services proposed for 
addition to the Procurement List. Comments on this certification are 
invited. Commenters should identify the statement(s) underlying the 
certification on which they are providing additional information. The 
following commodities and services have been proposed for addition to 
Procurement List for production by the nonprofit agencies listed:

Commodities

Knives, Miscellaneous Kitchen
    7340-00-197-1271
    7340-00-197-1274
    7340-00-205-3335
    7340-00-223-7771
    7340-00-488-7950
    7340-00-680-2758
NPA: Suburban Adult Services, Inc., Sardinia, New York
Bag, Contamination
    8105-01-352-1390
    8105-01-352-1391
NPA: Portland Habilitation Center, Inc., Portland, Oregon

Services

Carpet Replacement, National Gallery of Art, 6th & Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
NPA: National Association of Concerned Veterans, Washington, DC

Janitorial/Custodial

U.S. Army Reserve Center, Moffett Field, California
NPA: VTF Services, Palo Alto, California
Operation of Postal Service Center, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona
NPA: Arizona Industries for the Blind, Phoenix, Arizona

Deletions

    I certify that the following action will not have a significant 
impact on a substantial number of small entities. The major factors 
considered for this certification were:
    1. The action will not result in any additional reporting, 
recordkeeping or other compliance requirements for small entities.
    2. The action does not appear to have a severe economic impact on 
future contractors for the commodities.
    3. The action will result in authorizing small entities to furnish 
the commodities to the Government.
    4. There are no known regulatory alternatives which would 
accomplish the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46-
48c) in connection with the commodities proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List.
    The following commodities have been proposed for deletion from the 
Procurement List:

Cover, Mattress
    7210-00-241-9718
    7210-00-067-7969
Beverly L. Milkman,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 97-26327 Filed 10-2-97; 8:45 am]
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